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Gerald Vizenor at AWP

A Tribute to Gerald Vizenor @ AWP Minneapolis Friday, 4/10: 1:30–2:45pm w/ Heid Erdrich, Kim Blaeser, Gordon Henry Jr., Margaret Noodin, & Gerald Vizenor Room 208 C&D, Level 2 “I am still...

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#tbt: The Burr-Hamilton Duel

Interview in Weehawken: The Burr-Hamilton Duel as Told in the Original Documents was published by Wesleyan University Press in 1960. It didn’t end well for Hamilton.   Wesleyan continues to publish...

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César Vallejo, cuatro paredes de la celda / Four Walls of the Cell

Today’s Throwback Thursday poem is from César Vallejo’s Trilce, first published in Peru in 1922, the year after the poet spent 105 days in prison for allegedly instigating a partisan skirmish in his...

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#tbt: Old Leather Man

Today’s Throwback Thursday selection is from our 2008 book The Old Leather Man. I first learned about the Old Leather Man around 15 years ago, when I worked for Arcadia Publishing. One day, after...

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Readercon Weekend–win a book!

Readercon 26 is taking place this weekend, July9–12, in Burlington, Massachusetts. Returning conference-goers will be used to seeing Leslie Starr at our booth. Alas, Leslie is retiring! Our wonderful...

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Anthology Film Archives (NYC) presents Robert Ryan

“Robert Ryan: An Actor’s Actor” Special screenings of films featuring Robert Ryan Sept. 4–10 @ Anthology Film Archives    A six-film Robert Ryan retrospective in conjunction with The Lives of Robert...

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Night’s Dancer: The Life of Janet Collins

Janet Collins (1917–2003) was a renowned dancer, painter, and the first African-American soloist ballerina to appear on the stage of New York’s Metropolitan Opera. It took her many years of resolve,...

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#tbt: Young Union “Soldiers”

Today’s Throwback Thursday images are from the book Heroes for all Time: Connecticut Civil War Soldiers Tell Their Stories. These photographs depict two rather young Union “soldiers”.   The name of boy...

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De Lavallade, Faison & Wilkinson reflect on Janet Collins & their careers

  Panelists include Carmen de Lavallade, George Faison, and Raven Wilkinson. Sunday, September 20th 2PM Barnes & Noble, 150 East 86th Street (86th & Lexington Ave.), New York, NY 212-369-2180...

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#tbt: “A Blessing,” by James Wright

Today’s Throwback Thursday selection is a James Wright poem found in a forthcoming poetry collection for children: Book of Nature Poetry. The poem was originally published in Wright’s 1963 volume, The...

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#WCW: Jill Sigman’s Performative Installations

The work of choreographer Jill Sigman exists at the intersection of dance, theater, and visual installation. Described as an artist of “prodigious imagination and intelligence” by The New York Times,...

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NourbeSe Philip & Gina Ulysse team up!

  Atlantic Reasonings Between Caribbean Sisters Performances by M. NourbeSe Philip and Gina Athena Ulysse October 15th, 7:30PM in Wesleyan’s Memorial Chapel. Two Wesleyan Press authors, M. NourbeSe...

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Honoring Veterans of Connecticut and Beyond

Connecticut Veterans    The Battle of Antietam, pictured here, claimed over 22,000 casualties in one day. Years later, a soldier remembered: “for the six months following everything I ate drank or...

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NEA Awards includes $25,000 awarded to Wesleyan UP

DATE:    December 8, 2015 National Endowment for the Arts Awards More Than $27.6 Million Across Nation Includes $25,000 awarded to Wesleyan University Press   Middletown, CT—In its first 50 years, the...

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#tbt: At the Tomb of Mallarmé

Today’s throwback Thursday poem was brought to my attention via a surprise Christmas gift from Clayton Eshleman: Eternity at Domme, a beautiful bi-lingual edition, published in France some years ago. I...

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Congratulations to Brenda Hillman!

Brenda Hillman is the newest member of the American Academy of Poets’ Board of Chancellors. This is an honorary position that has been held by some of the most distinguished poets in the United States,...

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Gerald Vizenor: On his forthcoming novel & the White Earth Constitution

Publication Date: May 10, 2016 TREATY SHIRTS October 1934—A Familiar Treatise on the White Earth Nation The Politics Behind Treaty Shirts: October 2034—A Familiar Treatise on the White Earth Nation At...

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March is Maple Month!

According to the Maple Syrup Producers Association of Connecticut, March is Maple Month—the sweetest time of year. The longer days and melting snow reminds us that Spring is coming, and it is time to...

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Katja Kolcio, Wendy Perron, Eiko—Conversations w/o Walls & Solo #10

Today! Friday March 11th, beginning at 8PM  Dancespace Project at St. Mark’s Church Presents 4-8pm: Conversation Without Walls: Bearing Witness Scholars and artists gather to commemorate the five-year...

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Ted Greenwald, 1942–2016

It is with sadness that we announce the passing of New York City poet Ted Greenwald (December 19, 1942–June 17, 2016). Ted Greenwald’s poems sing the commons and dance with a homely grace American...

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